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Smithers, B.C.

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Burns Lake British Columbia

VERNE’S

WHOLESALE and RETAIL

BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES, FLOUR and FEEDS
V. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor

Farm Machinery and Repairs
Gyproc, Lime Cement Bricks, Roofing
Doors and Windows

BURNS LAKE British Columbia

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MRS. P. OLSON, Manageress
LADIES’ APPAREL
HATS, SUITS, COATS, DRESSES
AND LINGERIE

BURNS LAKE British Columbia

SUNSET HARDWARE AND
DEPARTMENT STORE

V. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE

Ranchers’ Supplies
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Stoves and Ranges
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BURNS LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA

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Steeling both to sterner struggle,
Coaxing mirth and chasing fears.
Thus they bravely journeyed onward,
Fighting “gainst the blizzard’s blight,
Striving hard to reach some hostel
Ere the closing in of night.

Suddenly the dogs bark sharply,
Strain and tug, then off they race,
While the redskin grunts approval
As he quickens to the pace.
Soon a light breaks through the darkness,
Voices o’er the night air pour,
And the panting dogs are standing
By the opened hostel door.

Golden coins in lavish handfuls
Call a service quick and good:
Light and warmth, the finest bedroom,
Wine, and trebly welcome food.
Then, as glow of happy content
Surges in the Northman’s breast,
Stoops he o’er to kiss his lady;
And they both retire to rest.

With the coming of the morning,
Died the blizzard’s blast away,

And the sun shone out in splendour
On that Arctic winter’s day;

While the landlord of the hostel
Bustled hard and skipped his prayers,

Rubbed his hands in greedy gloating
Over his moneyed guests upstairs.

Finally, when all was ready,
With a princely breakfast laid,
Off to rouse the laggard diners
He dispatched his comely maid.
Twice she knocked to wake the sleepers,
Twice they unresponsive were.
Then she hastened to her master
To report her progress there.

Smiling at the maid’s excitement,
Sped the landlord to the door;
Knocked, then tried the handle gently,

Found it locked, then knocked once more.

Still no sound came back in answer,
Smile gave way to anxious cloud,

And he hammered at the panels
With his fists, and cried aloud.

Then, with patience all exhausted,
In the grip of fear, at last
He his shoulder set, and straining,
Burst the lock. He backed aghast,
As a rush of cold air met him,
Coming from the window, wide,
While a sickly, stifling odour
Seemed to cling to all inside.

Cross the bed, with head a-dangle,
Tongue protruding, glassy-eyed,

Lay the Northman, cold and strangled.
And the Northman’s pseudo-bride,

In her night robes, at the window,
To a chair securely bound,

Bosom bared to Arctic winter,

Frozen dead, the landlord found.

Hard the landlord strove to bring them
From the dead to life again.
And when failure baulked his trying,
Sent he for the Mounted Men.

But those keen and dauntless riders,
Boldest men of any clime,
Failed to find the perpetrator
Or his reason for the crime.

RUDDY MOTORS

W. BICKLE, Proprietor

Authorized Ford Dealers

Oxy-Acetylene Welding
Brazing Soldering
General Repairing
Genuine Ford Parts
Auto Accessories Batteries

BURNS LAKE - B.C.

Burns Lake Cash and
Delivery
A. A. LOPER, Proprietor

FLOUR, FEED, FRUIT and VEGETABLES
FRESH and CURED MEATS

BURNS LAKE

BRITISH COLUMBIA

BURNS LAKE HARDWARE
& GARAGE LTD.

J. S. BROWN, Manager

Builders’ Supplies, Sporting Goods, Harness, Fur-
niture, Paints and Oils, Camp and Miners’ Supplies,
Etc.

Chevrolet and Oldsmobile Dealers

Burns Lake, British Columbia

A. R. BROWN
Agent
“SHELL” Petroleum Products
Auto Accessories
“Service and Satisfaction”

Burns Lake British Columbia

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J. M. GLANS, Proprietor
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Light and Power
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BURNS LAKE, B.C.

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